The American Buffalo
This documentary traces how a once-abundant animal that sustained Native communities for generations was pushed to the edge by rapid exploitation and shifting attitudes toward the land. It follows the devastating consequences of that loss and the determined, unlikely efforts that helped bring the species back from the brink.
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Blood Memory
For untold generations, America's national mammal sustained the lives of Native people, whose cultures were intertwined with the animal. Newcomers to the continent bring a different view of the natural world, and the buffalo are driven to the brink of extinction.
Oct 16, 2023 -
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Into the Storm
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is teetering on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
Oct 17, 2023